Improvement in fishing-nets



'd 'tatt e ret @Patenti 4 IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-NETS.

The Schedule referred to in the'seLetters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it nza/y concern:

Be it known that I, F. AUGUST WERDMLLEE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda new and improved liishing-Net;v and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and` use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional view of my improved fishing-net'.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

, 4Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

This invention relates to a new apparatus for catching iisll1 ,01abs, lobsters, and other animals in Adeep Water; and consists of a'rigid frame, which forms the upper edge of a shallovvbag, and the outer support r4for a` flat ring, both the `bag and ring being woven in suitable material.

When this net is let into the Water, and some bait placed into it, it Will form asecure trap for the animals entering i t,-as the same cannot escape, except by direct upward motion, which is scarcely ever attempted, and which is made impossible when the net is being drawn np.

A, `in the drawing, represents a frame made of Wire,

or other 'suitable material, of square, or other suitable lform. To it are fastened the edges of a similarlyshaped sheet, B, of netting, said sheet being large enough to form a shallow bag, as shown in iig. l.

frame A, so as to be perfectly dat, its outer edges being also fastened to the said frame, as shown.

The sheet O has a large aperturey in the middle, so as to be only ring-shaped, as in iig. 2, some threads a a, which extend across the said aperture, keeping the sheetv stretched.

The net thus made is suspended, in a horizontal position, from a rope or ropes D,l as indicated in g. 2; Before it is lowered into the Watensome'bait is placed into the net, and it is4 then let down. Fish and other the upper aperture, and Will then be prevented from escaping, by the ring O, through which they will attempt to make their escape.

When the net is being drawn up, the pressure of the water will be strong enough to make escape through the middle aperture utterly impossible.

g This net can be used in all kinds of Water, for catching all' kinds of fish, 85e., and can, on account of its strong frame, not readily get out of order.

I claim as new, and 'desire to secure by Letters Patentv A ishing-net, consisting of the .sheet B, frame A, and annular sheet G, all made and operating substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this llthday of December, 1868.

Witnesses: E. AUG. WERDMLLER.

FRANK BLoeKLEY,V 1 E. GREENE COLLINS.

G is another sheet of netting, stretched within the animals attracted by the bait, will enter the net through 

